More details are in UAA’s “Green and Gold News” from June 10, 2015. http://greenandgold.uaa.alaska.edu/blog/34938/sheep-hearts-and-crime-scenes-spark-interest-in-science/
Mat-Su College and the Mat-Su Borough School District’s Burchell High School partnered to offer high school students a two-week intensive summer academy focused on science. The academy was funded by a federal 21st Century Community Learning Center grant, which has also funded other programs at Burchell. Students received high school science credit for successfully completing the academy.
More details are in UAA’s “Green and Gold News” from June 10, 2015. http://greenandgold.uaa.alaska.edu/blog/34938/sheep-hearts-and-crime-scenes-spark-interest-in-science/ The State Board of Regents and the State Board of Education & Early Development held a joint meeting June 3, 2015. Agenda items included UA’s concurrent enrollment definition and Regents’ policy; UA's College Readiness definition; Alaska teacher education; and K-12 standards and assessments and their alignment with UA.
For more details about the meeting, please visit any of the following: · Board of Regents meeting documents: http://www.boarddocs.com/ak/alaska/Board.nsf/Public · Board of Education meeting documents: http://education.alaska.gov/State_Board/pdf/15-June-Packet.pdf · Alaska Business Monthly Magazine article: http://www.akbizmag.com/Education/UA-Board-of-Regents-meets-with-State-Board-of-Education-and-Foundation-Board-of-Trustees/ Congratulations to North Pole High School automotive instructor Jerry Million and his students Andrew Risner and Cole Vinton, who took second place in the nation in the Ford AAA Student Auto Skills Competition earlier this month!
The Fairbanks Newsminer has the complete story at http://www.newsminer.com/news/local_news/north-pole-auto-team-takes-second-in-national-contest/article_70e37b74-0f3e-11e5-b964-073fc075aea1.html#.VXng6r_XDbE.email. The state CTE Action Team (UA, EED, and DOLWD) recently released the revised "Common Definitions for Alaska Career and Technical Education (CTE)". The definitions were created to standardize the language used in Alaska’s CTE and workforce development systems. These definitions will be reviewed and validated annually. Public comment is welcome to ensure these definitions are appropriate and applicable for Alaska’s CTE community. Submit your comments, questions, or suggestions to Curtis Clough, State CTE Director, at curtis.clough@alaska.gov.
For a PDF copy of the definitions, which includes a "Perkins Addendum," please visit this link or click on the graphic below. From The Alaska Construction Education Foundation (CEF)
In response to industry needs for skilled Heavy Equipment Operators (HEO) and Heavy Duty Repair Technicians (HDR), CEF has worked with school districts around the state to develop ways of encouraging high school students to HEO/HDR careers. These efforts include working with local industry advisory groups to identify entry-level training and skills needed for employment or further training in their region, and developing HEO curriculum, training materials, and a HEO Program of Study, based on NCCER standards. In early June, CEF provided 2 weeks of intensive training, dubbed HEO Capstone, for 12 dedicated young Alaskans who expressed interest in heavy equipment operation or maintenance careers. The students, who were at least 18 years of age, were selected from three participating school districts: Fairbanks North Star Borough, Lake and Peninsula, and Kuspuk. This class was offered May 25 - June 6, 2015 at the Fairbanks Pipeline Training Center, and the students were housed onsite. HEO Capstone 2015 prepared these youth for the next step in their chosen career pathway. Students who successfully completed all requirements received NCCER Core and HEO Level 1 certificates and are listed in the national registry. They also received industry credentials, including First Aid/CPR, NSTC, OSHA 10, and Forklift cards. Students also prepared a resume and career plan to encourage a smooth transition to university, registered apprenticeship or to employment. The Fairbanks Daily Newsminer has a great article - and more pictures - about the program - read it online here. For more information, please contact Kathleen Castle, Executive Director, Alaska Construction Academies at Kathleen@alaskacef.org or (907) 222-0999. The U.S. Department of Education announces the 2015 Investing in Innovation (i3) scale-up and validation grant competitions. The scale-up category is for the “expansion of projects supported by strong evidence of effectiveness.” Applicants must choose from one of five absolute funding priorities including:
Applications must be submitted by August 4. More information, please see the US Department of Education website. If you are interested in developing an agricultural program using hydroponics, please contact Jason Hoke, Executive Director of the Copper Valley Development Association, for more information on his program and the hydroponic CGRO units they use. Jason connected with many schools and districts at the Alaska ACTE conference last fall and at a recent Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) conference, and he would be happy to share his information with others! You may contact Jason at -
Jason Hoke Executive Director, Copper Valley Development Association, Inc. Mile 111 Richardson Hwy PO Box 9, Glennallen, AK 99588 (907) 822-5001 (907) 822-5009 fax (907) 259-5006 cell www.coppervalley.org Jason's program was previously featured in our Celebrate Success section. Professional Development Opportunity this summer - see UAA's announcement below.
Due to considerable demand, we are excited to announce that for the first time ever, we are bringing the SolidWorks Essentials Course to Alaska! Ours will be the first class held in the brand new Engineering & Industry building on UAA campus. Don’t miss out – be sure to register and join us for our four-day Essentials Training Event before all seats are filled! Training Class Information
Engineering & Industry Building Room 401 - Computational Lab 3211 Providence Drive Anchorage, AK 99508 *Free Parking*
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From ACTE's CTE Policy Watch Blog, 5/28/15 -
"By 2018, the U.S. will need at least 4.7 million new workers with postsecondary certificates.[i]" "Employment and earnings success is about more than a student's highest level of education -- field of study is key. As the Georgetown researchers have reported, certificate holders in high-wage, high-demand fields such as computer and information science, electronics, and business and office management earn more than many associate and bachelor's degree holders.[ii] " According to the report by the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, a bachelor or higher degree does not automatically result in higher wagers. 43% of young workers with licenses and certificates earn a higher salary than associate degree holders; 27 % of young workers with licenses and certificates earn more than those with a bachelor's degree; and 31 % of young workers with associate degrees make more than those with bachelor's degrees.[i] [i] "Help Wanted: Projections of Jobs and Education Requirements Through 2018" - https://cew.georgetown.edu/report/help-wanted/ [ii] "Certificates: Gateway to Gainful Employment and College Degrees" - https://cew.georgetown.edu/report/certificates/ The May 2015 CTE Plan Quarterly Update is now available!
Please click on the graphic below to view or download the 2-page PDF document. Plumbers and Steamfitters Local 367 announces 2016 Apprenticeship Application Requirements—closes August 27, 2015! See the flyer for details!
From the Alaska Career Information System (AKCIS)
Happy Spring! As summer break rapidly approaches, we would like to invite you to the last AKCIS training opportunity of the 2014-2015 school year.
To register for this AKCIS training session, please click here. Thank you, Help Desk Alaska Commission on Postsecondary Education Anchorage (907) 269-6929 Toll Free (800)441-2962 option#3 The TIE program is gearing up for the summer! If your business wants to host a Teacher Extern, or if you are a teacher and want to participate in an Externship, please contact Martha Peck at APICC. Martha Peck Outreach and Membership Coordinator Alaska Process Industries Careers Consortium (APICC) 907-770-5250 or martha@apicc.org For more information on the TIE program, please click on the graphic at left to view or download the flyer as a PDF document. As students head into the summer job season, this is a good reminder from NIOSH about young worker safety. The article includes links to some great resources such as NIOSH Core Competencies and the accompanying curriculum for middle and high school students, available at no cost at Youth@Work-Talking Safety. From the NIOSH eNews, May 2015.
For the entire article, visit this link. ". . . work readiness skills—such as problem solving, collaboration, and information technology literacy--must also include competencies that equip young people to stay safe and healthy on the job and to contribute to safe, healthy, and productive workplaces. These competencies are critical given that more than 80% of teens will work at some time while in high school and most are unprepared for the hazards they face on the job. In fact, young people under age 25 are twice as likely as adults to get hurt at work." The Alaska Association for Career and Technical Education (Alaska ACTE) will host its annual Professional Development Conference (PDC) October 19-21, 2015, at the Anchorage Marriott Hotel. The conference theme is "Alaska ACTE: Building a State of Collaboration," and strands include:
** Download the Call for Presentations here (Microsoft Word document).** Click on the graphic to download a PDF "Save the Date" flyer. For more information, visit the Alaska ACTE website at http://www.actealaska.org/. Wrangell and Lake and Pen Districts Receive U.S. Dep't of Education School Counseling Grants5/6/2015
Congratulations to the Wrangell and Lake and Peninsula school districts on their Elementary and Secondary School Counseling grant awards from the US Department of Education! We look forward to hearing about their programs during the next school year!
To read more about the grants, please visit http://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/us-department-education-awards-more-248-million-elementary-and-secondary-school-counseling-grants. The Alaska Department of Education & Early Development CTE office has launched its CTE Newsletter to provide information, resources, and highlights of upcoming CTE opportunities around the state. They are asking for examples and stories of local successes and ideas for topics to address in future newsletters. Members of the EED CTE Listserv will receive the newsletters. If you would like to join the list to receive future newsletters, please email Thomasina Andersen at thomasina.andersen@alaska.gov. To read the entire April 30, 2015 edition as a PDF document, click on the graphic below.
Alaska ProStart Management and Culinary Teams Place 11th and 25th in the National ProStart Invitational
Mat-Su Career and Technical High School and Chugiak High School students Compete at National Culinary and Management Competition Alaska ProStart is proud to announce that the Mat-Su Career and Technical High School and Chugiak High School took 25th and 11th (respectively) at the 14th Annual National ProStart Invitational, held at the Disneyland Hotel in Anaheim, California. The culinary team competed against 48 teams and the management team competed against 41 teams from across the United States, U.S. territories, and DoD schools. At the national competition, hosted by the National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation, the top five teams from both the culinary and management competitions were awarded over a $1,000,000 in scholarships to pursue a college education. Read the entire press release on the Alaska ProStart webpage www.AlaskaProStart.com or visit their Facebook page at www.facebook.com/AlaskaProStart. Alliance of Career Resource Professionals (ACRP) Webinar - June 16, 2015. "Career Development inside the Beltway: What Policy Makers Know, Don’t Know, and Need to Know". The webinar will examine workforce policies affecting career development and career resources. Free Member Registration Non-member Registration Form ($20) Please visit the links below for full details of these grant opportunities.
Application Due Date: April 29, 2015 Notification to Panelists: May 1, 2015 To Apply: http://bit.ly/AMP_StandardSetting Dear Alaska Educator, The Alaska Department of Education & Early Development (EED) is recruiting educators from across the state to participate in Standards Setting to establish the achievement levels of the Alaska Measures of Progress (AMP) assessment in grades 3 - 10 for English language arts and mathematics. The Standards Setting sessions will be held in Anchorage on July 7-10, 2015. Panelists must participate in person. Panelists’ travel to and from Anchorage will be covered in addition to lodging, $60/day per diem, and, a stipend of $100 per day if the educator is not on contract during that time. Expenses, stipends, and per diem will be paid by the Achievement and Assessment Institute (AAI). In addition, EED will be selecting a portion of the Standard Setting group to participate in an additional Alignment activity tentatively scheduled for one day during the first week of June in Anchorage. If you are unable to attend this additional activity it will not affect your eligibility to participate in the Standard Setting group. AMP are the new, computer-based assessments for grades 3-10 that align with the Alaska English Language Arts and Mathematics Standards. AMP is a custom, Alaska assessment developed by the Achievement & Assessment Institute (AAI) and administered to Alaska students in grades 3-10 for the first time in spring 2015. The Standards Setting panels will make considered judgments about achievement levels based on assessment responses. To be effective as a Standards Setting panelist, educators must have the ability to work as part of a team and understand consensus development processes. Panelists must have 1) experience teaching in mathematics and/or English language arts at the specified grade levels, and 2) be knowledgeable in the Alaska Standards. Standard setting panel diversity is essential and EED will select panelists, to the best extent possible, based on the tested student population of Alaska in terms of ethnicity, gender, and regional representation. All grade level panels will include educators with special education and/or LEP experience. Grade level 9 and 10 panels will include post-secondary educators. Please select the following link and complete the online application: http://bit.ly/AMP_StandardSetting Participants will be notified via email if they are selected in order to confirm their availability. Additionally, those not chosen for a panel will receive notification by May 1. Participants will further receive details upon their invitation to serve on a panel and will be required to sign a confidentiality agreement prior to participation. Panelists will receive further details about compensation via e-mail upon selection. For more information about reviews, please email amp_info@ku.edu. For more information on AMP and the Alaska Comprehensive System of Student Assessment, please visit http://www.education.alaska.gov/akassessments or email Elizabeth Davis, EED’s Assessments Administrator, elizabeth.davis@alaska.gov, or by phone at (907) 465-8431. Thank you, Margaret MacKinnon Director, Assessment and Accountability Alaska Department of Education & Early Development Juneau AK 99811-0500 (907) 465-2970 margaret.mackinnon@alaska.gov The Alaska Workforce Investment Board (AWIB) will meet May 6 and 7 at AVTEC in Seward.
Agenda items include WIOA, priority occupations, Alaska’s maritime industry, and the Cross-Industry Workforce Development Plan Collaboration, as well as an industry panel and a tour of AVTEC. Public testimony is slated for 3:30 – 4:00 on May 6. The full agenda is posted here. In a new report on Middle Skill jobs, Burning Glass Technologies talks about those jobs that are "digitally intensive" vs those that are not, concluding that
For a one-page PDF infographic, click here or on the thumbnail below. To download the complete Request For Grant Applications (RGA), please visit
https://aws.state.ak.us/OnlinePublicNotices/Notices/View.aspx?id=176230. The Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development (Department), Division of Business Partnerships (Division), is requesting grant applications for participant training projects. Under Title IB of the Workforce Investment Act (WIA), the state is authorized to retain 8.75 percent of the federal funds allocated to Alaska. This 8.75 percent may be used for training and employment projects. The goal is to build a trained and prepared workforce for employment in Alaska’s high wage, high growth industries and occupations. The application is available in EGrAMS, the division’s grants management system. EGrAMS can be accessed through the web at: http://labor.alaska.gov/bp/egrams/. Please review the EGrAMS tutorial, also found on above link, which provides instructions for submitting a grant application. The Division will host a pre-application teleconference on April 9, 2015 at 10:00 am to answer questions related to this RGA and the EGrAMS process. Participation in this teleconference is not a requirement for submitting an application.
The Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Division of Business Partnerships is an equal opportunity employer/program. Auxiliary aides and services are available upon request to individuals with disabilities. To make arrangements for auxiliary aides or services, please contact the Division of Business Partnerships at (907) 269-4651 no later than ten working days prior to the application deadline. The Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development is an Equal Opportunity Employer /Program. All grant recipients or sub-contractors must comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act. From the Alaska Department of Education & Early Development's "EED Information Exchange," March 27, 2015:
Department and ACT Recognize College and Career Readiness Efforts This year, Alaska has joined ACT’s College and Career Readiness Campaign, which provides states the opportunity to recognize – across the education and workforce continuum – exemplary college and career readiness efforts in four categories: Student Readiness, College and Career Transition, Career Preparedness, and Workplace Success. The campaign began in 2013 with six states participating, and this year over 30 states have joined. During the State Board of Education & Early Development meeting on March 19 in Juneau, the department recognized Alaska’s 2015 nominees. This year, the department selected nominees in three categories: Student Readiness, College and Career Transition, and Career Preparedness. The Student Readiness category recognizes an exemplary high school senior who embodies successful readiness for college and career. Alaska’s 2015 Student Readiness nominee is Ariel Hasse of Mat-Su Career and Technical High School. The College and Career Transition category recognizes an exemplary high school that embodies successful preparation for college and career. Alaska’s 2015 College and Career Transition nominee is Kotzebue Middle/High School in Kotzebue. The Career Preparedness category recognizes an exemplary community college that advances successful preparation for student careers. Alaska’s 2015 Career Preparedness nominee is Ilisagvik College in Barrow. Each state-selected nominee has received a certificate of recognition from ACT. The Student Readiness nominee, Ariel Hasse, also will receive a scholarship from ACT toward attendance at the postsecondary institution of her choice. One national award recipient will be chosen in each category. On June 9, ACT will host the National Gala for College and Career Readiness in Washington, D.C. to celebrate all nominees across the participating states. Each of Alaska’s nominees will be considered in the coming months for the national award in each of their respective categories. ACT will cover the travel expenses of the four national award recipients and one guest of each recipient to attend the National Gala. ACT will recognize Alaska’s nominees at: http://www.act.org/readinesscampaign/. For more information about the campaign, please contact Erin Thompson, CCRA Program Coordinator, at 907-465-6535. |
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